PASS Board Update: Post-Summit 2016
Monday
I got in on Sunday and chose to have a small dinner with a couple of friends, quiet, preparing.
Monday was...
2016-11-08
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Grant Fritchey
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sp_executesql Is Not Faster Than an Ad Hoc Query
This requires an immediate caveat. You should absolutely be using sp_executesql over any type of non-parameterized execution of T-SQL. You...
2016-11-07
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Emotions and Decision Making
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that looks at emotions and how they can affect our decision making.
2016-10-28
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SQL Cruise as a Speaker and Sponsor
SQL Cruise offers a number of unique opportunities for everyone involved, including speakers and sponsors. I’ve written before, severaltimes, about...
2016-10-28 (first published: 2016-10-18)
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SELECT * Does Not Hurt Performance
I read all the time how SELECT * hurts performance. I even see where people have said that you just have...
2016-10-25 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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A Sub-Query Does Not Hurt Performance
The things you read on the internet, for example, “don’t use a sub-query because that hurts performance.”
Truly?
Where do people get...
2016-10-24
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Statistics Are Vital For Query Performance
This is post #10 supporting Tim Ford’s (b|t) initiative on #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
When you send a query to your...
2016-10-19 (first published: 2016-10-10)
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Correlated Datetime Columns
SQL Server is a deep and complex product. There’s always more to learn. For example, I had never heard of...
2016-10-13 (first published: 2016-10-03)
1,811 reads
Pre-Summit PASS Board Update
Busy, busy, busy.
A lot of the work around PASS currently is getting ready for Summit. I’m prepping my part in the...
2016-10-11
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Bingle is my Senior DBA
When working with SQL Server, many people don't need the search engine to be their junior DBA, they need it to be their senior DBA.
2016-10-10
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
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Server-Level Row Counts for Tables and Views
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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